MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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